A Dissertation on the Prophetic Scriptures: Chiefly Those of a Chronological Character ; Shewing Their Aspect on the Present Times, and on the Destinies of the Jewish Nation ... |
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... marked are too dis- tinctly fixed and established , by the most authentic histories , and the best and most approved chronological tables , to justify any charge that they have been here chosen by way of accommodation , for the mere ...
... marked are too dis- tinctly fixed and established , by the most authentic histories , and the best and most approved chronological tables , to justify any charge that they have been here chosen by way of accommodation , for the mere ...
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... marked and decisive in- fluence on the affairs of the church . In exem- plification of this remark it may be noticed , that all the great wars and battles which have taken place without the pale of the Christian world , or which have ...
... marked and decisive in- fluence on the affairs of the church . In exem- plification of this remark it may be noticed , that all the great wars and battles which have taken place without the pale of the Christian world , or which have ...
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... marked epocha appear , from the collective testimony of the best authors who have traced the rise of Popery , to fix with certainty the time and man- ner of the " giving of the times , and the laws , and the saints , into the hands of ...
... marked epocha appear , from the collective testimony of the best authors who have traced the rise of Popery , to fix with certainty the time and man- ner of the " giving of the times , and the laws , and the saints , into the hands of ...
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... marked by the seal , and the willing seal , of an Emperor , should be represented by the homogeneous symbol of an equestrian , such being generally indicative of royalty . And it is with equal significancy that the colours of these ...
... marked by the seal , and the willing seal , of an Emperor , should be represented by the homogeneous symbol of an equestrian , such being generally indicative of royalty . And it is with equal significancy that the colours of these ...
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... empire , as existing in its various kingdoms and principalities , and amongst all ranks of society , should be marked by the most horrid scenes of blood and carnage ; that its ecclesiastical rulers and clergy should lose their dignity 29.
... empire , as existing in its various kingdoms and principalities , and amongst all ranks of society , should be marked by the most horrid scenes of blood and carnage ; that its ecclesiastical rulers and clergy should lose their dignity 29.
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Abraham accomplished Ahaz apostasy appears army Artaxerxes awful Babylon beast behold blood book of Revelation Canaan Christian chronological commencement considered covenant Cyrus Daniel Darius death of Christ decree deliverance desolate destruction Divine duration earth edict Egypt Emperor Esarhaddon Ezra former French Revolution Gentiles given glory hand hath head heaven Holy horns hundred important Infidelity Jehoiakim Jerusalem Jewish church Jews Judah judgments Justinian king of Assyria kingdom of Israel kings of Persia land language likewise Lord's ment nations Nebuchadnezzar Papal peculiarity period phecy Popery predicted prophecy prophetical reckoned reign remarkable restoration Revelation Revolution righteousness Roman Empire Rome ruin saith the Lord Samaria says Scriptures seal Sennacherib seven seventh seal seventh trumpet shew sixth Spirit stand symbolical Syria temple termination thee things thou throne tion tribes verses vial vision walk contrary unto words
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Page 304 - destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish ; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send
Page 219 - This also know, that in the LAST DAYS perilous times shall come: for men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of
Page 89 - thee. And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 435 - At what instant I shall speak, concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it: if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, TURN FROM THEIR EVIL, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them
Page 152 - by his Son," he closed the canon of revelation with this awful denunciation, " For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book; and if any man shall take away
Page 383 - two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time." The mention of this chronological period in the very terms used by Daniel, appears to have been for the express purpose of shewing,
Page 84 - was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. And He said unto Abram, Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serre them; and they shall
Page 224 - the day of the Lord so cometh AS A THIEF in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape
Page 40 - And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the SEAT of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness ; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Page 247 - ever, and build up thy throne to all generations... .Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be esta* blished for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven